Saurashtra Premier League 2023: Teams, Schedule, Squads, Timings, All you need to know

The third season of Saurashtra Premier League is all set to get underway from Wednesday, 23rd August. The final will be played out a week later, on August 31st.

Five teams will fight for the crown in a round-robin format across eight days with the top two teams making it to the finals.

A total of 11 matches, including the final, will be staged at the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium in Rajkot.

The five teams that will play the tournament are Zalawad Royals, Kutch Warriors, Halar Heroes, Sorath Lions, and Gohilwad Gladiators. In the second edition of the tournament, Halar Heroes got the better of Gohilwad Gladiators in the final to win the tournament. This time, the two teams will square off against each other in the first match of the tournament.

Tick tock, tick tock ⏳

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The tournament will see 16 out the 17 players from the Saurashtra squad that won the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 take part with Sheldon Jackson, Chetan Sakariya among the big names.

If you have any questions regarding the prestigious tournament, we have got you covered! Take a look below:

Match timings of SPL 2023

Saurashtra Premier League matches will start from 7pm IST. On days when double-headers are scheduled (August 25-26), the first match will start from 3pm IST while the second one will be played from 7pm IST.

Where to watch SPL 2023

The Saurashtra Premier League 2023 can be watched on Star Sports. The tournament will also be live-streamed on Jio Cinema and the viewers can watch it for free on the same app.

Ab dekhenge kiska zor chale Saurashtra ke maidaanon mein! 💪

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SPL 2023 Squads

Zalawad Royals: Sheldon Jackson (captain), Aezaz Kothariya, Chetan Sakariya, Mohit Gorania, Parth Bhut, Pavan Parmar, Jay Gohil, Jyortir Purohit, Adityasinh H Jadeja, Chirag Pathak, Navneet Vora, Sachin Parmar, Kishan Parmar, Harmesh Somaiya, Arjun Rathod, Devendra Poriya, Amit Ranjan, Chirag Sisodia.

Kutch Warriors: Dharmendra Jadeja (captain), Yash Gadadhariya, Samarth Vyas, Hiten Kanbi, Harvik Desai, Jyot Chhaya, Kushang Patel, Satyam Khamrai, Parshwaraj Rana, Yuvraj Shinol, Aranyadevsinh Ala, Kunal Karamchandani, Luckyraj Vaghela, Pranav Savjani, Kevin Jivrajani, Pranay Thapa, Dharmaditya Gohil, Ramesh Padiyachi.

Halar Heroes: Arpit Vasavada (captain), Hetvik Kotak, Ruchit Ahir, Parth Chauhan, Tirthraj Jadeja, Snell Patel, Arth Yadav, Pranav Karia, Prabhu Sindhav, Samar Gajjar, Smitraj Zala, Neel Pandya, Adityarajsinh Rathore, Divyaraj Chauhan, Hiren Makwana, Jainik Solanki, Sonu Batham, Smit Patel.

Sorath Lions: Chirag Jani (captain), Manav Chothani, Prasham Rajdev, Devang Karamta, Tarang Gohel, Bhagyaraj Chudasama, Yuvraj Singh Dodiya, Suresh Padiyachi, Viharsinh Jadeja, Pruthvi Chauhan, Ansh Gosai, Meet Ambaliya, Karan Patel, Ramdev Acharya, Jay Chauhan, Shrut Kalavadiya, Hitendra Jadeja, Prashant Gohel.

Gohilwad Gladiators: Prerak Mankad (captain), Maurya Ghoghari, Saurya Sanandiya, Abhishek Nimavat, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Krishnakant Pathak, Yuvraj Chudasama, Kabir Patel, Raxit Mehta, Niket Joshi, Ankur Panwar, Yash Parekh, Siddhant Rana, Mihir Joshi, Nihar Vaghela, J. Naveen, Vandit Jivrajani, Jayrajsinh Jadeja.